Royal Dornoch Golf Club

Royal Dornoch Golf Club is a golf club in Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland. It is generally referred to as Royal Dornoch. The club has two 18-hole courses: the Championship Course and the Struie Course. The older Championship Course is a links course located on the Dornoch Firth.

Royal Dornach Golf Club
Club information
Location in Scotland
Coordinates57.879°N 4.023°W / 57.879; -4.023
LocationDornoch, Sutherland,
Scotland, U.K.
Established1877, 144 years ago
Total holes36
Websiteroyaldornoch.com
Championship Course
Par70
Length6,748 yd (6,170 m)
Course rating73
Slope rating136[1]
Struie Course
Par71
Length6,265 yd (5,729 m)
Course rating70
Slope rating125[2]

Royal Dornoch has never hosted any of the modern professional tournaments.[3] The British Amateur Championship was held there in 1985 and the Scottish Amateur in 1993, 2000, and 2012.

The Championship Course was ranked #3 on the 2007 Golf Digest list of Top 100 International (outside U.S.) courses. David Brice, of Golf International, called it the "king of Scottish links courses".[4]

The internationally renowned Championship Course at Royal Dornoch Golf Club was named #1 in the world by the online golf reservation service golfscape.[5]

History

Golf was played in Dornoch, over the extensive linksland there, in the early seventeenth century, circa 1616.[6] Expenses covering the cost of a young aristocrat's golf clubs in 1616 have provided the earliest evidence so far of the sport's presence in Dornoch. John, the 13th Earl of Sutherland, was sent to the town in Sutherland to be educated. The reference was uncovered by researcher Wade Cormack, who is a PhD student at the University of the Highlands and Islands. The current golf club was established 144 years ago in 1877, and was awarded its royal status in 1906 by King Edward VII. The design of the Championship Course is attributed to Old Tom Morris.

Tom Watson is an honorary member of Royal Dornoch, and is quoted as saying of Dornoch: "It's the most fun I've ever had on a golf course" which was the home of the course architect Donald Ross.

Members of the club traveled to the northwest United States in September 2005 for a friendly international competition and cultural exchange with the Coeur d'Alene Tribe at their Circling Raven Golf Club in northern Idaho.[7][8]

Scorecard
Royal Dornoch Championship Course
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Championship 74 / 136 3311844134223531614794345293306 17444956018044536040141745634166722
Medal 73 / 134 3311774134223531614794345293299 14644653517144532240140545633276626
Regular 71 / 129 3021673984023121564643894913081 14243449014843930039539044631846265
Par Men's 43444344535 3453444443570
Handicap Men's 1351131591717 14416122188106
Red M:69/126 W:76/139 2661603893923061374083754352868 13242647213740129038738443730665934
Par Women's 43454354537 3553545453976
Handicap Women's 7151931711513 16841821012614

Source:[1]

References
  1. "Championship Course" (PDF). Royal Dornach Golf Club. (scorecard). Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  2. "Struie Course" (PDF). Royal Dornach Golf Club. (scorecard). Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  3. Davidson, Max (14 July 2014). "Scotland: Teeing off for a wee dram at Royal Dornoch Golf Club". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  4. "Royal Dornoch: King of Scottish links courses". Archived from the original on 16 October 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
  5. "ROYAL DORNOCH TOPS WORLD BEST COURSES LEADER BOARD -". Royal Dornoch. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  6. World Atlas of Golf, 1988 edition
  7. Bergum, Steve (14 May 2005). "Scottish team, Circling Raven plan gathering". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington, U.S. p. C1.
  8. Bergum, Steve (20 September 2005). "Sharing as a matter of course". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington, U.S. p. B1.
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